noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a steep hill
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The car careered down the steep hill.
Capitol Hill
crested...hill
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They crested a wooded hill shortly before sunset.
distant mountains/hills
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From here, you can look out to the distant hills.
hill station
hill/hilly country
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He grew up in Texas hill country.
hill/sea/ground fog
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Rain was forecast, along with hill fog.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
distant
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The sun trembled for an instant on the edge of the distant hills , then started to sink behind them.
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This is why the method is often applied to soften and diffuse distant objects or hills , as in atmospheric perspective.
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This combination is useful when suggesting distant hills .
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On this side of the Webi, undulating grasslands rose to distant hills , and strips of woodland bordered numerous streams.
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Triangulations on distant hills were attempted, weather records kept, and there was an astronomical observatory.
gentle
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This is the capital of the region, with gentle sloping hills , beech forests and wooded ridges in the background.
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It is framed by gentle hills that look down on oak groves that abound with deer, bobcats and golden eagles.
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It is situated in the Dartmoor National Park, amidst gentle rolling hills and woods where buzzards nest.
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For a while it looks like the red earth, green vegetation and gentle hills of Sedona.
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Its gentle green bosomy hills were obliterated in the mid-nineteenth century by pit-heads, ironworks and regiments of cheap terraced housing.
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To me they would only ever belong among the gentle hills and quiet, winding lanes of Upper Killington.
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The surrounding area is very beautiful with gentle hills , waterfalls and purple heather.
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Most of the town is built on the valley floor, but the east and west sides rise into gentle hills .
green
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Set amidst green and fertile hills its skyline is stunning and its landscapes inspire a long and dreamy gaze.
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The kid drove along through the green hills of California without saying a word.
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Beyond this rose the green hill that sheltered Applegarth.
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Ribbons of trees along now-dry creeks paint creases of green between charred hills .
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Its gentle green bosomy hills were obliterated in the mid-nineteenth century by pit-heads, ironworks and regiments of cheap terraced housing.
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Inside a yellow barn set in rolling green hills , 10 Sufis spin like synchronized tops across the wooden floor.
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Beyond the inn a church tower perched in the tree-tops and behind it crowded high green sheltering hills .
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His shouts would fill the whole valley, echoing from the dark green hills of bush.
high
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He flicked away another cigarette as they made their way towards him to continue the drive still higher into the hills .
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I can see it snuggled into one of the deep valleys in the encircling high hills .
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Climbed a very high hill today called An Teallach and am just starting to recover now.
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The city of Belfast has a magnificent setting, ringed by high hills , sea lough and river valley.
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Beyond the inn a church tower perched in the tree-tops and behind it crowded high green sheltering hills .
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Ascending the 400 metre high , Male hill will take you to the highest point in the Kalahari Desert.
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In a commanding position high on a hill overlooking the village stands the church of All Saints.
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I walked to the top of the highest hill and looked down.
long
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Pushing my bike up those long hills and dry valleys gave me an intimate understanding of the nature of the chalk landscape.
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Freewheeling down the long hill , Mungo was aware of a large, pale shape by his right shoulder.
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I love the long bare hills with just the odd clump of trees.
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Starting early, I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur, arriving late in the afternoon.
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She dropped down and started groping round on the floor as the bus sped down the long hill into town.
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They went up a long hill and came to an imposing arched entrance.
low
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The Marais Communal of Curzon lies in the lap of low scrubby hills , like a green sea of stillness.
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Now they are driving into a range of low hills .
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There was only one low hill in sight, and this had an old, disused windmill on it.
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A few scattered lights burned on the ridge of low hills as he arrived in the cove, long after nightfall.
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Through the cleavage of two low hills the lights of San Antonio rippled in the warm rising air.
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He caught the atmosphere of those grey days when the clouds hang low on the hills and the colours are sombre.
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This is an area of low wooden hills and a large man made lake is the principal attraction.
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Rock-controlled lowlands and low hills 5.
rolling
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Be warned though, the rolling hills and rugged terrain will test your mountain biking stamina to the extreme.
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It is situated in the Dartmoor National Park, amidst gentle rolling hills and woods where buzzards nest.
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All round the small station were green fields and rolling hills .
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The house was at the bottom of a valley near the reservoir, surrounded by rolling hills .
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Glacier walking is a piece of cake; well this bit was, with rolling hills of dazzling serenity.
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Vicchiomaggio is surrounded by the vineyards and rolling hills of the region.
small
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Our house is on a small hill which looks towards the large hill, Monte Regia.
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For a different look at the mission, take the path up a small hill nearby.
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Everywhere you can see a rich greenery of grass and trees, covering smaller hills and valleys.
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Not all rocks will land at the bottom; a particular rock may get stuck on a small hill somewhere.
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He just stopped the car on the top of a small hill , for they were right out in the country now.
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Buddied up to the other side of the reservoir was a small hill , where children went sledding in the winter.
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This he applies also to mountains, holding the combination of small hills with varied textures are more beautiful than grand magnitude.
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Then, as the two outer hills separate, you see a glimpse of the smaller hill that lies between them.
steep
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But that's through high trees and up steep hills .
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Sometimes you can reveal them by making the engine labor, going up a steep hill .
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It stretches up a steep hill and overlooks the rivers Tay and Earn.
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Set into a steep hill green with trees, they look out upon the sea.
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Replacing the bowls, they pedalled on down the steep hill and up the next.
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After lunch, he and Barnabas walked up the steep hill to Fernbank.
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Coal for the mill's steam engine was carried up the steep hill on donkeys.
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Wearing a pair of tennis shoes, he walked up the steep hill with the energy of a young mountain climber.
surrounding
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The spacious, airy rooms have exhilarating views of the surrounding hills and dales.
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Most bedrooms also have gorgeous views of the surrounding hills .
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The surrounding hills are reflected in the position of the figurative elements; the geometric parts mirror the life of the building.
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All rooms have extensive views of the surrounding moorlands and hills .
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It stretched over several hectares of land, its one-storied buildings lying bland and soulless under the surrounding hills .
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Away in the distance, tucked between a fold in the surrounding hills , was home.
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The refugees have stripped the surrounding hills almost bare, and spend much of their time collecting branches.
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I thought we might take a tour round the surrounding hills and make sure there were no hidden surprises.
wooded
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But the north of the country has a range of pleasant, wooded hills called the Ardennes.
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The Rocky Mountains have no shortage of rocky mountains, but the ones open to skiers are rounded, wooded hills .
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Residents fled on foot through the wooded hills .
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Artists and poets have never tired of its historic buildings and artisan shops, richly wooded hills and lovely views.
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In the north their own wooded hill rose up.
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The wooded hills of Craigendarroch and Craig Coillach rise up around it.
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They cleared the thick, wooded hills of Oxford and went down into the open countryside.
■ NOUN
country
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He has captured the characteristic light of the hill country .
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The bighorn sheep, very good to eat, was a logical source of provender in the hill country .
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The hill country had once been far more populous.
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A boy from the Virginia hill country .
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Mr Foster says the consultation document fails to acknowledge the tradition of free access to mountain and hill country .
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After failing in a rebellion in the hill country , they settled at Delphoi, where they had old family friendships.
farm
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Other hill farms are owned and worked as a unit linked with a lowland farm.
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I believed I had been locked up all my life, up there on that hill farm in North Chittendon.
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As a result some of the hill farms are being joined together - amalgamated - and farm labourers are becoming unemployed.
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Asa bought the hill farm in 1856 from Orin Perkins, married Elmira Wilkins, and settled there.
farmer
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And we will continue to support hill farmers through the Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances.
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Does he agree that hill farmers had a substantial drop in income in recent years?
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Many of the fodder crops are sold to the hill farmers and some are used to fatten the lambs.
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The power that small hill farmers and poorer urban dwellers have in the state apparatus and in society at large is negligible.
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Many hill farmers are smallholders with part-time jobs elsewhere.
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This was despite government assurances that hill farmers would not be made worse off.
station
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The rich fled to the hill stations and the beggars followed them.
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A conference was held at the hill station , Dalat, between Giap and Pierre Messmer.
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From the tropics of Madras to the midst of the hill stations at Ootacumund and Kodaikanal.
town
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The spectacular Castellana Grottoes, and several lovely hill towns are also within reach.
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Paths pottered through the site like the twisting streets of medieval hill towns .
walker
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Thus the hill walker has a challenge right on his or her doorstep.
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Nowadays the walk is a favourite with high-level hill walkers .
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Amsteg's position makes it a well placed base for climbers and hill walkers .
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This is a book I heartily recommend to al hill walkers .
■ VERB
climb
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As they climbed into the hills , the sky lowered over the car.
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Then I climbed another hill and there were the barracks.
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A Brush car climbing the Gynn hill in 1963, on the North Station route with which these cars were associated.
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If good farmland is not avail-able elsewhere, then they climb the hills , cutting the most beautiful forests.
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She could have tried to climb the hills , and fallen!
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Harrison charged that the ex-sailors were too old and wheezy to climb the steep hill up to the Observatory.
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As at Killorglin, a street of dark stone houses climbed a hill .
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He could see quite clearly as he climbed the hill out of the village.
roll
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It is nestled into the verdant rolling hills some 25 kilometres north of Cape Coast still located on the Central Region.
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Inside a yellow barn set in rolling green hills , 10 Sufis spin like synchronized tops across the wooden floor.
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We rolled down the hill to the cemetery.
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Pickup trucks were rolling down the hill to the cove from upland.
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If rolled down a hill , the hollow-centred ball will reach the bottom quicker since it has a greater inertia.
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Before the boat swung around Ezra caught sight of the truck rolling down the hill to the wharf.
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The can rolled sideways down the hill and she scrabbled across the tent for it.
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Outside the store, the rolling hills of New Hampshire were aflame in scarlet, yellow, orange and gold.
run
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Safely over the other side of the gate and out of the farm precincts, he ran up the hill towards the quarry.
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I ran down the hill to the home of a classmate and told her the news.
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The fear propelled her out of her stillness and she ran down the hill .
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I run back up the hill to the cabin.
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Adam Clark also designed the tunnel which runs under Buda hill connecting the western parts of Buda with the waterfront.
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The minute he was out of their sight, he began to run up the hill .
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He could smoke ciggies again and not run up the hill from Tuckers every day to improve his weakly lung-power.
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It was not Selden, who had been running away from that hill .
stand
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Another listed building is the fine windmill which stands on the hill above the village and makes an outstanding local landmark.
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Phaestos stands on a hill in the south of Crete, in an area more rugged than Knossos.
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We're standing on a hill .
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There are already thirty Chinamen scavenging boards and stuff, and a crowd of Cornish women just standing on the hill watching.
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All over the tropics stand termite hills .
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It stands on a hill , about two miles from Assisi, surrounded by parklands.
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Five or six miles north-east of Scone stands the hill of Dunsinane.
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But not far away stand other hills to which I do not lift my eyes.
walk
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Some local people say that his spirit still walks among the hills , searching for lost travellers.
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It was then I started doing this form of meditation, walking around the hill and up it.
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Now I can walk up hill without puffing and can bend down without grunting.
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Susan and I walk down one hill , and up another.
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John walked down the hill , on his way to meet some of the lads in the town.
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I turned around and walked up the hill to Natchez.
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Hundreds of miners from the western valleys were walking over the hill to the stricken village.
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We got off the cars and began the long walk up the quarry hill road.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the brow of a hill
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Barely a dozen homes remain, clinging to the brow of a hill.
the skirts of a forest/hill/village etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The hotel is up on the hill , overlooking the town.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At Kaliro the hunters would build a small fire on a hill to show they were safe.
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For a while it looks like the red earth, green vegetation and gentle hills of Sedona.
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He ran down the hill , towards the small winding road.
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One should expect things like phosphorescent hills and midnight gunplay.
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Roosters answered one another throughout the hills of upper Queenstown.
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The noise rumbled back uncertainly from the hills beyond the town.